The wind howled, blowing the snow that had not yet melted on the slopes of the mountains. As far as the eye can see, the grassland has been dotted with a little bit of new green, although it cannot be said that everything has recovered, but at least there is a little bit of spring scenery, this year's temperature is indeed higher than in previous years

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Zhang Yixin was accompanied by several attachés. Standing on the side of a hillside, holding a German-made binoculars in both hands, looking northwest, behind him stood Zhan Tianyi, also holding a pair of binoculars, looking northwest, the difference is that the telescope in his hand is a domestic military telescope, and, beside him, there is also a camera, next to the camera is a Maza, on which a bunch of notes and sketches are placed.

This is already the border between China and Russia, to the east. You can see the city of Gongding, and to the west, there is the border post of the Russian Empire, although a few decades ago it was indeed Chinese territory.

Located northwest of Ili Castle, Gongding Castle is a small border town that is now home to an improvised road thanks to the construction of the Idi Railway. Directly connected to the border, in order to facilitate the transportation of railway materials by Russian smugglers, the city of Gongke has also developed from an obscure border town to a prosperous border trade city, with a large number of Russians in the city, most of whom directly or indirectly served the construction of the Idi Railway, but it is also inevitably mixed with some infiltrators with special purposes, for the Russian Empire. China's sudden large-scale construction of the railway from Ili to Dihua during the outbreak of the European war really needs to be carefully studied, if it were not for the war against Germany, the Russian Imperial Government would certainly not have watched this strategically important railway extend to the Sino-Russian border, as one of the proofs, all the railway materials transported into China from the territory of the Russian Empire were through smugglers, not legal merchants, for these smugglers who disregarded the interests of the country. The Russian Imperial Government hated it very much, but since the Empire was terminally ill, it was not to be expected that the Empire's border guards would not be bribed by profiteers.

Although the Russian Imperial Government intended to discuss with the Chinese Central Government after the end of the war against Germany." Considering the question of the management of the Idi Railway, but now that it seems that the revolution of the Russian Empire has plunged it into chaos, then the question of the construction and management of the Idi Railway may be the final word for China.

However, taking into account the peculiarities of the situation in the Central Asian region. The central government of China still decided to send people to inspect the border, so Zhang Yibo came to this Gongke city to inspect, as for Zhan Tianyou. It was hard-pulled by him, under the pretext that he was surveying whether the terrain to the west of Gongzhen City could guarantee the construction of a military light track, so when Zhan Tianwei came over with his assistant, he also brought a full set of exploration equipment. Today, Zhang Yihou pulled Zhan Tianyou and others, rode on war horses, and came down to the hillside close to the border line under the escort of more than 100 guards and attachés. I want to see the Russian outpost on the other side of the border with my own eyes.

Standing on this hillside and being blown by the cold wind, Zhang Yiying's somewhat hot mind finally calmed down. Anyway, he is also a feudal official, so he rushed to this border line recklessly, in case there are three long and two short, but I am sorry for the president's hard cultivation, so after standing on the hillside for only half an hour, Zhang Yiying retreated. It's time to return to Gongding City.

"Ladies and gentlemen. I don't think it's too early. Let's just go back, it's a very cold day. If you catch a cold, you will delay the trip back to Beijing. The president told us to come to the border. Now that we've finished reading what we should have seen, it's really time to study the route back to Beijing

Zhang Yihou said a few words to the people around him. Without waiting for everyone to come to their senses, he handed the telescope in his hand to an attaché, and then walked to the bottom of the mountain.

"Have you heard what the governor said? Hurry up, pack up, and let's go back to the city

Zhan Tian estimated that Zhang Yihou was a little puzzled when he said to leave, but he didn't think much about it, he was also old, and the mountain wind was really strong, so he hurriedly ordered his assistant to pack his luggage and measure tools. hurriedly followed Zhang Yiying down the mountain. Beckoned the guards to bring his Mongolian war horse over, in the past two years in Yili, Zhan Tianjie has also ridden a horse, and this riding skill has also been practiced a little.

Zhang Yihou is not as good as Zhan Tian's riding skills. can only be held by the guards and walk forward slowly, he can't get up fast, and the others can't get up quickly, Zhan Tianyou is the chief of the railway, and the official is bigger than Zhang Yi, he could have walked in front. But he didn't plan to do this, so he walked side by side with Zhang Yiying, and he walked as fast as Zhang Yihou went. By the way, I wonder how to speed up the construction of the Edi Railway.

Originally, Zhang Yihou wanted to take a car, but considering that he was going to inspect the border, he finally chose to go to the border on horseback, because not all places can take a car, not to mention the melting of spring snow. The road conditions are really bad, so it's safer to ride a horse.

When everyone walked slowly to the place where they could see the wall of Gongke City, a black and oppressive team came from the south, and the horse's hooves sounded, and the momentum was amazing.

It was a cavalry unit, carrying the iron-blooded republican flag, apparently a unit of the Chinese Army.

Zhang Yihou usually stays in Dihua. To say that it is good to deal with government affairs, and to say that it is difficult to listen is to be pampered. I had never seen this kind of scene of thousands of cavalry galloping, and I couldn't help but be curious at the moment, so I stopped on the side of the road, wanting to wait for the cavalry to pass in front of me, Zhan Tianyou and the others didn't know what to do, so they had to follow Zhang Yiying and wait on the side of the road.

After a short time, the cavalry team galloped in front of Zhang Yiyan's eyes, and everyone looked at it, and behind the red battle flag was followed by a slightly smaller golden banner, on which was painted a fiery red pattern, consisting of a shield standing on a rock and two crossed broadswords, and a golden dragon pattern on the shield was also clearly visible.

It is not a military emblem, but the center of the troops directly under the command of the commander-in-chief, and the troops with this banner can be called "commander-in-command hall so-and-so division," so-and-so brigade. "To distinguish it from other troops.

This is not only an honorary title, but also an affirmation of the combat effectiveness and fighting will of the troops, and the troops that can obtain this title are the absolute elite and trump cards in the army units of the Wehrmacht

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Because the flag was painted with a rock, that flag was also called the "Rock Flag." It means "solid as a rock." ”

Although Zhang Yihou is not a soldier, he has been the governor of the border provinces for almost two years. I also know a little about the armament situation in this Xinjiang, so after seeing this flag, Li Xuan blurted out.

"Commander's Hall Cavalry Brigade! Commander's Hall Ride Tour! ”

Hearing that it was the First Cavalry Brigade of the Commander's Hall, Zhan Tianxuan was in high spirits and was in awe of this cavalry unit that was galloping past in front of him.

Speaking of which, Zhan Tianyou also has some fate with the Commander's Hall Cavalry Brigade, this cavalry unit has been stationed on the south bank of the Ili River, not far from the national border, not only to undertake the task of defending the national border, but also since the beginning of the Yidi railway project, this cavalry unit has undertaken the task of defending the railway project.

For the construction of the Idi Railway, the Russian Imperial Government is very dissatisfied, although it can not take positive action to intervene, but the side of the roundabout action is not less implemented, and the main means is to send spies to infiltrate, sabotage the railway project, and incite the local herdsmen to oppose the construction of the railway, for this reason, Zhan Tianyou and his railway engineering command had to rely on the protection of the Commander's Hall Cavalry Brigade, and this cavalry unit did not disappoint Zhan Tianwei, whether it was the spies of the Russian Empire, or the local armed herdsmen, They were all packed up by the cavalry. It was under the escort of the officers and men that the project was able to proceed smoothly, and although the progress of the project was not satisfactory, it was due to technical reasons and had nothing to do with local security.

Zhan Tian took off the fur hat on his head. Holding it in his hand, he waved it to the cavalrymen, he did it out of courtesy, but he did not pay attention to the leading officer, so one of the officers galloped away from the team and came to the sky with several cavalrymen.

"Chief Zhan, it's a pleasure. I didn't expect to meet you here. The officer smiled and saluted.

"It turned out to be Brigade Commander Zhang."

Zhan Tianyou recognized that the officer was the brigade commander of the 1st Cavalry Brigade of the Commander's Hall, Zhang Tingzan, who was originally a senior officer of the "Black Horse Team" in Rehe, who led the cavalry as the center to fight in all directions, not only encircled and suppressed the Mongolian bandits on the grassland, but also fought with the Japanese army on the battlefield of Liaodong. Once stationed, it was several years, bitter cold on the side, far away from home, without these soldiers on the border, there would be no peace on this side of the frontier.

At this time, Zhang Yihou also rushed to Zhan Tianxi with his war horse, and glanced at Zhang Tingzan, he had also met when Zhang Tingzan went to Dihua, and now he is still a little, impression. "Brigade Commander Zhang, the last time I saw you in Dihua, your head was still white, why is it all white now?" Zhang Yiyan glanced at Zhang Tingzan's snow-white sideburns.

"The years are not forgiving, and the wind and sand here are also unforgiving, Zhang Tingzan said with a wry smile.

"All in all, you have been stationed here for more than two years, and it is very hard, for the sake of the country. For the sake of the people, you can be regarded as doing your best. In a few days, I will go back to Beijing, and when I get to the presidential palace and meet the president, I will mention you to the president and change your station. ”

Zhang Yihou was in a very good mood, and he was extremely polite to Zhang Tingzan, Qiu Ba, and took the initiative to sell it to the other party.

But Zhang Tingzan didn't eat him, shook his head very calmly, and said, "Thank you for the governor's care." However, as a soldier, Zhang took obedience to orders as his duty, in the past, I was just a military leader who wore a military uniform and ate mixed food, but now, I am a professional soldier, and it is my responsibility to serve the country in the army. When Governor Zhang met with the president, there was no need to mention me, because the War Department gave us sufficient supplies and had enough to eat. Dress well, and you don't have to bother the president anymore. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Tingzan paused, saluted Zhan Tianshu and Zhang Yiying, and then said: "You are busy with government affairs, so I won't bother." I also have to command the troops to practice, and when the independent cavalry division comes over, I can compare with them to see who has better riding skills and whose marksmanship is more accurate. Ladies and gentlemen, we'll see you another day

Before the words fell, the man had galloped away, leaving only the sound of horses' hooves lingering in everyone's ears.

"Temperamental."

Zhang Yihou was not angry, but praised Zhang Tingzan's character of not becoming inflammatory.

"The Separate Cavalry Division is coming over? To Ili? The center has been sending troops to Ili and Altay recently, is there any major military operation? Zhan Tianyou was paying attention to the other.

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Zhang Yihou said with a smile: "Chief Zhan, these things are not something we can understand, as long as we do our job well, it is loyalty to the center, loyalty to the president, as for this military issue, when did the president misjudge?" ”

After speaking, a turn of the horse's head, leading everyone to the city, Zhan Tianyi immediately on the side of the road, pondered for a moment, after all, he couldn't understand what the president wanted to do, so he simply didn't think about it, and followed the people in front of him to the city. And he also believes that he will never have to rely on the outdated newspapers that publish "old news" to provide him with the latest news.